The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit claiming the constitutional rights of four same-sex couples are being violated by a new Michigan law that bars insurance for some domestic partners.

The ACLU accused the FBI of abusing increased powers it was given after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, citing partially redacted documents which show the FBI crossed the line in its assessment of Arab Americans in Michigan and other areas of the country.

When a Walmart employee was fired in 2009 after testing positive for marijuana use, he sued, claiming he used marijuana for medical purposes. He lost the lawsuit, but the ordeal may not be over just yet.

State Police officials said the agency extracts cellphone data as it examines evidence in criminal cases but that it’s “extremely uncommon” to ask average citizens for permission to hook their phones up to extraction devices.